You guys down under can't get a break these days now a typhoon. Up north here in the US they are getting pounded in snow, just wait till the spring thaw and we will see a lot of flooding.

One thing I saw that made me curious is in NY, I think it was, they showed a mountain of snow that had been plowed up to clear the streets. Why don't they just dump that into the river or bay and let it melt there instead of letting it thaw out and flood everyone in the spring, couldn't they do the same thing in Chicago?